Great Places To Start
The Animas offerings listed on this page, while some of our most profound experiential immersions, are also the most popular “entry points” for those with no prior experience with Soulcraft™ practices or the work of Animas Valley Institute.
Great Places To Start offerings include:
- Soulcraft Intensive
- Wild Mind Intensive
- The Way of Council & the Art of Mirroring
- Nature and the Human Soul
- Animas Quest
Queer Wild Mind Intensive – May 2024, Canada
May 3 - 7, 2024
Cedar Song Centre for Wild Belonging, Victoria, British Columbia
With Sara McFarland and Jules Howatt
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
Soulcraft Intensive, June 2024
June 5 - 9, 2024
Spirit Hollow, Vermont
With Doug Van Houten and Jules Howatt
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.
Wild Mind Intensive – June 2024, Dominican Republic
June 28 - July 2, 2024
Villa Pajon Eco-Lodge, Valle Nuevo National Park, Dominican Republic
With Laura Gunion
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
The Way of Council and the Art of Mirroring – July 2024, Dominican Republic
July 3 - 7, 2024
Villa Pajon Eco-Lodge, Valle Nuevo National Park, Dominican Republic
With Laura Gunion
In the mirror of another, our eyes are opened to aspects of both our gifts and our challenges that we might not see otherwise.
Soulcraft Intensive – July, 2024
July 10 - 14, 2024
Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado
With Rebecca Wildbear, M.S. and Kent Dobson
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.
Soulcraft Intensive – July 2024, Canada
July 22 - 26, 2024
Cedar Song Centre for Wild Belonging, Victoria, British Columbia
With Mary Marsden and Palika Rewilding
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.
Wild Mind Intensive – October 2024
September 30 - October 4, 2024
Harrod's Creek Sanctuary, Kentucky
With Doug Van Houten and Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.
Soulcraft Intensive – October 2024
October 6 - 10, 2024
Harrod's Creek Sanctuary, Kentucky
With Doug Van Houten and Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.
Soulcraft Intensive – November 2024
November 9 - 13, 2024
Dharma Treasure Retreat Center, Tucson, Arizona
With Doug Van Houten and Rebecca Wildbear, M.S.
This is our popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft TM — a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.
Wild Mind Intensive – November 2024, Australia
November 11 - 15, 2024
Venus Bay, South Eastern Victoria Coast, Australia
With Brian Stafford, MD, MPH
Join our nature-based guides in an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature.